The objective of Prime Minister Trudeau's visit to India is to expand overall ties between the two countries with a focus on defence and security, counter-terror cooperation, trade and investment, and tackling climate change. Both countries are also expected to deliberate on enhancing cooperation in the civil nuclear sector.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a comprehensive vision document and plan for the protection and preservation of Taj Mahal and the environment around it so that the historic monument could exist for another 400 years and not just for a generation.

The Taj Trapezium Authority (TTZ) today told the Supreme Court that a "no construction zone" has been declared in a 500 metre radius of the iconic Taj Mahal and the state government has envisaged a comprehensive plan to ensure balance between environment and development.

Skewered for its inability to protect tourists after the attack on a Swiss couple last month, the Uttar Pradesh police has come up with what it thinks is suitable reparation - get-well-soon tweets in a book.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Uttar Pradesh government's restoration plea against its order to demolish a multi-level car parking facility being built within a kilometre of the Taj Mahal on October 27.

The Taj Mahal was "built by the blood and sweat of Indians", Yogi Adityanath said today, tackling a controversy over a leader of his party BJP describing the world-renowned monument as a "blot on Indian culture" and a "symbol of slavery... built by traitors".

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Union culture ministry to clarify its stand on whether the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by Shahjahan or a Shiva temple gifted to the Mughal emperor by a Rajput king.

A 62-year-old woman was beaten to death in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Agra early on Wednesday morning by villagers who accused her of being a witch, the police said. The villagers, they said, alleged that the woman was about to cut the hair of a young girl sleeping outside her home.

Not providing information about illegal constructions in the prohibited area around Taj Mahal proved costly for two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India as the CIC imposed a maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 on them. The transparency panel was irked that despite its clear directives to disclose information about the specifics of illegal constructions in the 500 metres protected area around the monument, the records were not provided to a Right To Information or RTI applicant.

Days after a couple of foreign models were asked to remove their 'saffron scarves' before entering the Taj Mahal, the government today said no official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) or the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was involved in the incident.